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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chesterton call mankind in his conclusion?
(a) None of these answers.
(b) Something really different under the sun.
(c) Created in the likeness of God.
(d) A race of gods.

2. To the Romans, who were used to hearing about so many different sects and religions, what does Chesterton say was different when they heard about Christ?
(a) In their souls they knew it was true.
(b) The way in which it was said.
(c) There was no hope left.
(d) They were ready for violence.

3. What format does Chesterton present his closing statements in?
(a) Question and answers.
(b) A bulleted list.
(c) A statement with supporting details.
(d) A short story.

4. What does Chesterton call the death of Jesus?
(a) The objective of his mission.
(b) Preordained.
(c) The act of greatest consequence.
(d) Timeless.

5. What additional paradox does Chesterton see in the Christmas story?
(a) The human birth with the celestial marker.
(b) The light of God arriving in the dark.
(c) The importance and insignificance of the gathering.
(d) None of these.

6. From what does Chesterton's friend say the spire of a village church is originated?
(a) Phallic worship of antiquity.
(b) An attempt to reach closer to God.
(c) The peak of a mountain.
(d) Pointing to the heavens.

7. Among whom does Chesterton assert that claims of divinity are common?
(a) Lunatics.
(b) Sages and prophets.
(c) Mystics.
(d) Founders of religion.

8. What does Chesterton see in the sophisticated use of language in the Gospels?
(a) That Christ had formal schooling.
(b) The wisdom of those who assembled the Gospels.
(c) A subtle and superior mind.
(d) Careful planning of the Gospels.

9. What two important elements from the past did the arrival of Christ unite, according to Chesterton?
(a) Faith and morality.
(b) God and man.
(c) The beliefs of the shepherds and the philosophers.
(d) Religion and exclusion.

10. What does Chesterton say is strong roots for humanity?
(a) Having foes to keep us united.
(b) Religious meeting places.
(c) History.
(d) Links to our agrarian past.

11. Which of the following does Chesterton say was unheard of prior to Christendom?
(a) A holy land.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Church militants.
(d) None of these answers.

12. What statement does Chesterton make about Wells's outline of the world?
(a) All of these answers.
(b) It's proportions are wrong.
(c) It is only wrong as an outline.
(d) It is a fascinating disquisition on history.

13. How does Chesterton characterize the wanderings of Jesus?
(a) A quest.
(b) A search.
(c) A journey into fire.
(d) The movement of someone to whom physical location is irrelevant.

14. What popular belief about the New Testament does Chesterton refute?
(a) That the scriptures need interpretation.
(b) That the books of the New Testament are contradictory.
(c) That Jesus was apolitical.
(d) That Jesus was a merciful and humane lover of humanity.

15. Which of the following does Chesterton say Christendom brought to the world?
(a) Order.
(b) Hope.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chesterton, what are the very important images upon which Christ founded the church?

2. What does Chesterton say is the affect of the paradox of Christianity?

3. What does the intellectual distinction that Chesterton sees in Christ suggest to him?

4. Who does Chesterton label as the most inspirational character from the story of the fall of Troy?

5. Which of the following is a statement Chesterton makes about the early Church?

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